Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Rec. #898: The Thursday Murder Club

 


What: This mystery novel is clever enough to function above and beyond its almost-twee high-concept premise --- a group of residents in a retirement village investigates a murder.

It's so clever and accomplished that Kate Atkinson herself blurbed it.

Comparable to: Tone-wise, it's not unlike Knives Out.


Representative quotes: 

"I would never have therapy, because who wants to unravel all that knitting?"

"That would be like looking for a needle in a haystack made entirely of needles."

"He’s all the things that can go wrong with men if you leave them to their own devices."


How to get it: The Thursday Murder Club has been a critical and commercial success and is widely available. At least two sequels are planned. Steven Spielberg's production company bought the film rights.

Connections to previous Wreckage: Author Richard Osman was on the second series of Taskmaster (see List #97). Knives Out was Rec. #856: Best Time at the Movie Theater


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